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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 04:52:25 JST minute

   currently trying to finish a new version of the MNT Reform Keyboard for the Reform Next (but will be backwards compatible). it has an RP2040 MCU and RGB backlight (individual for each key). still needs a bunch of routing.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 05:00:55 JST minute

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     • gadgetoid

     @gadgetoid yes, fully featured USB :3

   • gadgetoid (gadgetoid@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 05:00:56 JST gadgetoid

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     @mntmn wS281x LEDs? Sequential rows and columns for PIO-based scanning? 🤔 nice to see the RP2040 in more keyboards, does it get a fully featured USB bus to the host OS so you can reprogram it?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 06:23:32 JST minute

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     • Pete Johanson

     @petejohanson i migrated to rp2040 during the chip crisis from atmega32u4/2 and kinda stuck with it.

   • Pete Johanson (petejohanson@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 06:23:33 JST Pete Johanson

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     @mntmn (asking the following not to question your choices, but better understand the motivation) what makes you pick RP2040 over something dead simple like stm32f072? Availability? Price? More "hackable" nature of rp2040?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 21:53:38 JST minute

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     • josch

     @josch like that? do you have a 3d model of the track stick module?

   • josch (josch@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 21:53:39 JST josch

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     @mntmn Could maybe the traces somewhere in the highlighted area be routed so that a big-enough circular space is created such that people adventurous enough with a drill or dremel can try out a track-stick mod without having to manufacture their own custom keyboard PCBs first? Thank you for considering! 🙃
     Context:
     https://community.mnt.re/t/another-alternate-keyboard-idea/1915/5

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 21:57:57 JST minute

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     • josch

     @josch ahh i see now it basically needs a hole to poke through, the actual joystick base thing gets mounted much lower in the enclosure https://github.com/joh/crkbd-trackpoint

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 22:02:43 JST minute

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     • josch

     @josch yes a 3d model or dimensions would help a lot in trying to find a position in kicad 3d viewer

   • josch (josch@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 22:02:44 JST josch

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     @mntmn Oh wow, that's a *lot* of free space! Thank you! No, I do not have a 3D model. I only have the product pictures in the forum thread i linked and i have a few thinkpad modules here. Would it help if I created a small 3D model of one of them? Thank you!! ❤️